Amazing!

I received an email from a friend showing the following pictures of a bridge being built over the Hoover dam in Colorado and the cost to build the bridge is US160 million. Here's the quote from the message:
"When complete, it will provide a new link between the states of Nevada and Arizona. In an incredible feat of engineering, the road will be supported on the two massive concrete arches which jut out of the rock face. The arches are made up of 53 individual sections each 24 feet long which have been cast on-site and are being lifted into place using an improvised high-wire crane strung between temporary steel pylons. arches will eventually measure more than 1,000 feet across. At the moment, the structure looks like a traditional suspension bridge. But once the arches are complete, the suspending cables on each side will be removed. Extra vertical columns will then be installed on the arches to carry the road. The bridge has become known as the Hoover Dam bypass, although it is officially called the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, after player from Arizona who joined the US Army and was killed in Afghanistan. Work on the bridge started in 2005 and should finish next year. An estimated 17,000 cars and trucks will cross it every day."

Attractive Recyling Bins

Attractive Recycling Bins at Changi Airport

As I went through some articles about going green in the Star yesterday, it reminded me of the cute recycling bins I saw at Changi Airport in Singapore not too long ago. Why can't we have something similar around here so that people will be attracted to use them. Later on when my family and I stopped at Narita Airport, I saw the following bins. I must say that they are not as attractive as the ones in Singapore.

Water Soluble T-Shirt

Notice the holes on both sides of the shoulder area? That used to be filled with the water soluble black strips. Simply amazing!! I wonder what company made those shirts.

Last Wednesday (24 February), we had an AGM for our co-op. As an incentive, all members were givenRM5 mil (ooops, just RM5) each. Those who came early (yup, including yours truly) received another incentive in the form of a t-shirt. Since we do not get many incentives from our co-op, such trivial gifts made us feel proud and grateful (yes, we are the grateful bunch, not Grateful Dead). I was so excited to wear the t-shirt so as soon as I got home, I threw it into the washing machine and started a load of laundry. Later, when the machine was finished spinning, I noticed there were a lot of black pieces that looked similar to a piece of paper being washed, scattered all over the bathroom floor. I quickly checked the laundry and the first thought that entered my mind was, NAJLA or HANNAH. They must have put some piece of black paper or crayon in their pants pockets! After a very close check I noticed that the newly acquired t-shirt was completely torn at the places where black strips used to be. OMG! It is a water soluble t-shirt! Not to mention that all my white and light-colored clothes got stained by it! I thought only vitamins are water soluble. Boy, I learn new things everyday.